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Asset completes investment review

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... process, including changes to the fund's cash, international and Australian equities, alternative and international fixed interest mandates. Recently, the trustees approved Mercer's recommendation to transition the Australian Fixed Interest assets totalling ...

Zurich's three-year health check spur mandate changes

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
... cut its benchmark weighting to local real estate investment trusts. In addition, the fund's Australian and global fixed interest sectors have been combined and the investment team will now refer to a single fixed income benchmark. "If you look at the ...

CFS GAM hires short-term cash manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... manager in the short-term investments team. Ross previously worked as a senior portfolio manager - macro markets - fixed interest at AMP Capital Investors. In this role, he will monitor transactional activity and analysis across the fund manager's cash ...

Bookmakers Super hit by liquidity issues

COMPANY RELEASES  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... Balanced Investment Strategies could place existing member accounts at risk. The strategies invest in direct shares, fixed interest, mortgages and property. The global credit crisis has resulted in some of the Balanced Investment Strategies mortgage ...

QIC boosts fixed interest team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
The $65 billion QIC has appointed two former NAB and Cheyne Capital Management executives to its global fixed interest team. QIC Global Fixed Interest has appointed Andrew Ticehurst as senior portfolio manager, GFI Macro and Max Bulloch as senior portfolio ...

S&P rates AMP bond fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... recruiting to meet a strong ratings pipeline and are still looking for an experienced person to fill an alternatives/fixed interest position," said Leanne Milton, head of research at Standard & Poor's.

HSBC wins AMP Capital mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... ongoing development and diversification of the range. "Inflation-linked bonds will be included as a component of the fixed interest asset class, and will act as a hedge against inflation while still accessing the returns of the asset class. "This is ...

Gen insurance posts 61pc fall in NPAT

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... turn drove claim costs up. The industry's problems were compounded by the gyrating valuations of the industry's fixed interest investments, noted APRA. Investment income would have offset any rise in provisions but last year, both values fell. However ...

YMCA fund introduces fixed interest

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... strategy as its default option. A newsletter from the fund noted that the fund started offering a second strategy, "Fixed Interest", from 1 July. "The introduction of the second strategy is designed to allow members to mix the growth and fixed interest ...

Christian Super takes $30m cash strategy in-house

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
... term deposits. Murphy said the fund could effectively manage the cash strategy because it already manages some fixed interest investments. He said the fund had experienced a 7.5 per cent increase in the number of members moving into the cash option to ...